diff --git a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
index 63a001e3c6..bcd312cc73 100644
--- a/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
+++ b/doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
@@ -1448,37 +1448,47 @@ controls {
ignored.
-
- When a server is restarted after a shutdown or crash, it will replay
- the journal file to incorporate into the zone any updates that
- took
- place after the last zone dump.
-
+
+ When a server is restarted after a shutdown or crash, it will replay
+ the journal file to incorporate into the zone any updates that
+ took
+ place after the last zone dump.
+
-
- Changes that result from incoming incremental zone transfers are
- also
- journalled in a similar way.
-
+
+ Changes that result from incoming incremental zone transfers are
+ also
+ journalled in a similar way.
+
-
- The zone files of dynamic zones cannot normally be edited by
- hand because they are not guaranteed to contain the most recent
- dynamic changes — those are only in the journal file.
- The only way to ensure that the zone file of a dynamic zone
- is up to date is to run rndc stop.
-
+
+ The zone files of dynamic zones cannot normally be edited by
+ hand because they are not guaranteed to contain the most recent
+ dynamic changes — those are only in the journal file.
+ The only way to ensure that the zone file of a dynamic zone
+ is up to date is to run rndc stop.
+
-
- If you have to make changes to a dynamic zone
- manually, the following procedure will work: Disable dynamic updates
- to the zone using
- rndc freeze zone.
- This will also remove the zone's .jnl file
- and update the master file. Edit the zone file. Run
- rndc thaw zone
- to reload the changed zone and re-enable dynamic updates.
-
+
+ If you have to make changes to a dynamic zone
+ manually, the following procedure will work:
+ Disable dynamic updates to the zone using
+ rndc freeze zone.
+ This will update the zone's master file with the changes
+ stored in its .jnl file.
+ Edit the zone file. Run
+ rndc thaw zone
+ to reload the changed zone and re-enable dynamic updates.
+
+
+
+ rndc sync zone
+ will update the zone file with changes from the journal file
+ without stopping dynamic updates; this may be useful for viewing
+ the current zone state. To remove the .jnl
+ file after updating the zone file, use
+ rndc sync -clean.
+